Ye like I said earlier I goofed and was unable to update last week due to test and Java code being a pain in the arse but all will be good as I am giving and Update this week on Tuesday and Thursday as well as a bumper update on Saturday!

As for today I am going to look more at the game mechanics I have been plotting.

First on the agenda is the layout of the days

Monday-Friday will work on this Scheme:

Mourning:
Classes, Occasionally will give Knowledge Focus or Understanding

Afternoon: Walk about Town, Shop for medical items, purchase new games(games are used to increase you skill level), develop social links, Skill bonuses(by participating in various activities and social links)

Night:
Stay in Town option:
Develop Social Links, Buy Weapons, Skill Bonuses, Visit Pandora's Labrintith, and Visit Velvet Room

Go Home Options:
Develop Social Links, Play Video Games (Increase Skill), Spend time with Family (Increase Understanding), Study (Increase Knowledge), Sleep Early (Random +1 bonus to any S. Link)

The weekends in the game work unlike most other Persona's where as it's more a westernised school system. The reason for this is that I simply do not have enough knowledge of Japan to set it up authentically enough to be Japanese.

Weekends will be Saturday and Sunday and work like this:

Mourning: Call a Social Link to arrange plans(+2 extra bonus to chosen S. Link), Study for an Hour (Knowledge Increases), Play Video Game (Increase Skill), Do Chores (+Understanding + Focus)

Afternoon:
Walk about Town, Shop for medical items, purchase new games, develop social links, Skill bonuses, Work(Money and Stat Bonus)

Night:
Stay in Town option:
Develop Social Links, Buy Weapons, Skill Bonuses, Visit Pandora's Labrintith, and Visit Velvet Room, Work (Money and Stat Bonus)

Go Home Options:
Develop Social Links, Play Video Games (Increase Skill), Spend time with Family (Increase Understanding), Study (Increase Knowledge), Sleep Early (Random +1 bonus to any S. Link)

Pandora's Labyrinth is the dungeons for this Persona title like other persona games day by day their layout changes (with the exception of a few floors for bosses mid bosses etc.) These doors only appear at night and can only be see by 'The Branded' each of these dungeons spans over several floors and each one needs to be cleared as they appear. If the player fails to clear a dungeon section before the sky becomes jet black on a cloudless night the player will receive a non-standard game over.

New party members
This is by far the biggest change from the standard Persona games and is subject to change (as is any developments posted in my blog). As you level your Social Links some social links will complain that when they are around you or they think about you they get a burning tingling in their neck (the MC will also feel a similar pain) this Indicates that the social link you are working on is a member of 'The Branded' once their social link reaches level 4 they will Vanish and will be unavailable your scanning buddy(details still unknown) will then tell you one night as you enter Pandora's Labyrinth that he/she feels the presence of another human.

Once you locate the Social Link His/her Arcana will attack you starting a boss battle worth noting is that these encounters are planed to be scaled to the MC current P.level. so that it involves skill and wit to beat rather than sheer levelling power. These Social Link Bosses can be fought at any point of the game so long as the Social Link reaches Level 4.

After the Arcana falls down defeated the Social Link will take control of the Arcana and awaken his/her persona. The Social Link will be unavailable for 1 week after this as they recover from the ordeal.

Now let’s explore one of the Social Links:
Student Rep 'Amy West' the Moon Arcana
About 4 days into game your class needs to choose a representive for the student council and no matter who you choose it's going to end up being Amy. Bright and cheerful with a Harem of men from the class at the click of her fingers Amy tries hard to make sure everyone in the class is getting along and working hard. Turns out your a Blip on her Radar, the MC is a loner by default and one evening when you return from a compulsory exploration into Pandora's Labyrinth she spots you and drags you to a Night Club with her despite your objections! She spends the Night trying to work out how you work and by the end of it all declares she is going to make you a friendlier person thus starting the Moon Social Link.
By Level 4 she still hasn't given up on trying to make you a friendlier person but during the rank up event she starts getting dizzy and wonders off claiming to be heading for home. Turn out she gets sucked into Pandora's Labyrinth.

Eventually after you rescue her she starts to trust you opening up and she revels she isn't all smiles and giggles but is genuinely scared of being alone again worried all her 'boys' (AKA her friends) will find Girlfriends and forget about her. The Social Link resolves at level 10 with her realising no matter what happens she has friends who will look out for her and she won't be alone. It's at this point the MC can choose to hold her hand and enter a relationship with her or to hug her which will pursue the friendship path.

If she is the Highest Female S.Link at Christmas she will give you the USB Necklace which gives +5 Agi.

Well that’s all for today come back Thursday when the August Calendar will be up!